Cardinal YC Application
Cardinal went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.
- YC batch
- Winter 2023
- Industry
- B2BEngineering, Product and Design
- Team size
- 3
- Status
- Acquired
- Launched
- 2023
Founders
Wiz 👋🏻Founder
Mor SelaFounder
What Cardinal does
Cardinal is an opinionated feature backlog. It pulls in your customer feedback, CRM data, and task management issues and uses AI to assess which customers want which features, how important is it for them, and how much are they worth
Cardinal's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Cardinal, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Cardinal
Your AI product backlog
We built an opinionated feature backlog that ingests customer feedback, CRM data, and task management issues. Our AI then assesses which customers want which features, how important those features are, and the potential value of each customer. It helps product, engineering, and design teams prioritize their roadmap based on actual customer signals, not guesswork.
Mor is in Austin, TX; Wiz is in San Francisco, CA; the team works fully remote. After YC, we plan to remain distributed across these locations.
We credit flexibility in location as critical for attracting diverse talent and getting the best work done. Both Austin and San Francisco have strong tech communities, and distributed work lets us move quickly without relocation.
21 more answers in the full application
Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Cardinal YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Cardinal's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Cardinal would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Cardinal in?
Cardinal was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2023 batch.
Who founded Cardinal?
Cardinal was founded by Wiz 👋🏻, Mor Sela.
What does Cardinal do?
Your AI product backlog
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Cardinal's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
